Good to know that Newman is so much more enlightened than you measly, pew-infesting common laity.
**The most vociferous critics of the revival of the Traditional Latin Mass and the apparent traditionalism of many young priests always point to the externals the splendid vestments, the cassocks and Roman collars and the ritual as though this is all they can themselves see is at stake and it tends to say more of their own activist agenda than accurately critique the return of tradition as a source of spiritual nourishment.**
I liked this succinct analysis.
**Newman understood that religion can never be imposed on someone from without, nor can it ever truly consist only in externals of either variety.**
Yes the internal faith and reverence toward the REAL Presence of Christ during Mass. (One of my hot buttons — I’m always saying Hail Marys for those people who talk during Mass, etc.)